юнак

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *junakъ, parsable as юн (jun, “juvenile”) (obsolete) +‎ -ак (-ak).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ak

Noun

юна́к • (junák) m (feminine юнаки́ня, relational adjective юна́чен or юна́ков or юна́шки, diminutive юна́че)

1. (originally) young lad
   1. → hero, male champion

      Synonym: геро́й (gerój)

   2. → brave, daring man; lionheart

Declension

Derived terms

• юнача́га (junačága) (augmentative)
• юначи́на (junačína)
• юна́чество (junáčestvo)
• юна́щина (junáština)

Related terms

• юне́ж (junéž, “youth”) (dialectal)
• ю́нец (júnec, “young male bovine”)
• ю́ност (júnost, “youth”)
• ю́ноша (júnoša, “teenager”)
• ю́нга (júnga, “cabin boy”)

References

• “юнак”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “юнак”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *junakъ. From Proto-Slavic *junъ (“young”) + *-akъ (masculine nominalizing suffix). Cognate with Bulgarian юна́к (junák), Czech jonák (Moravian junák), Polish junak.

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Noun

юна́к • (junák) m pers (genitive юнака́, nominative plural юнаки́, genitive plural юнакі́в, feminine юна́чка, relational adjective юна́цький or юна́чий or юнакі́в)

1. young man

Declension

Derived terms

• юна́цтво n (junáctvo)

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “юнак”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “юнак”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)